Yazeed Al-Jeddawy is a research coordinator at the Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies. He has co-authored various papers and policy briefs on youth, arts, transitional justice, development and peace-building in Yemen. He previously worked as a Project Coordinator at the Youth without Borders Organisation for Development (YWBOD), and as Education Program Manager at the Nahda Makers Organization. Yazeed has also served as the MENA Regional Representative of the United Network of Young Peacebuilders (UNOY) for two consecutive terms between 2018 and 2022.
Yazeed's latest contributions
Saudi-Houthi Talks Sow Cracks in Coalition – The Yemen Review, January and February 2023
Ongoing bilateral talks between Saudi Arabia and the armed Houthi movement have renewed optimism that a negotiated political settlement in Yemen might yet be possible. But the talks are an … Read more
Govt Agrees Financial Aid as Houthis Target Oil Sector – The Yemen Review, November 2022
Hopes faded that the expired truce would be revived in November, as Houthi authorities dug in their heels over maximalist demands that caused the talks’ collapse and then upped the ante with a series … Read more
Houthis Target Southern Ports – The Yemen Review, October 2022
The UN-backed truce between the Houthi movement and the internationally recognized government was allowed to expire on October 2. Efforts to secure its further extension failed following a … Read more
Truce Expires as Internal Divisions Deepen – The Yemen Review, September 2022
The truce between the internationally recognized government and the armed Houthi movement, in place since April, was allowed to expire without renewal on October 2. The UN-facilitated agreement … Read more
Showdown in Shabwa Shakes Government – The Yemen Review, August 2022
Long-running tensions between the Islamist Islah party and UAE-backed groups in Shabwa erupted into open conflict in August, with the Giants Brigades and STC-aligned Shabwa Defense forces driving … Read more
